How very dare they! Don\u2019t they know it is the prerogative of the president to turn the nation\u2019s capital into his very own gross pro-Trump jamboree?<\/p>\n
Now, the administration is pulling out all the stops, going full NatSec DefCon 1 to figure out who, exactly, managed to etch those oh-so-aggravating numbers into the lawn near the World War II memorial.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Perhaps Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche can explain how this is actually an imminent threat to murder Donald Trump, just as former FBI Director James Comey snapping<\/a> a picture of some seashells was. Indeed, it certainly looks like the administration is planning on treating this as the crime of the century.<\/p>\n The Washington Post reported that the United States Park Police, the D.C. fire department, and the National Guard were all spotted \u201cresponding\u201d to the incident on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Responding to \u2026 shapes in the grass. Got it.<\/p>\n There were apparently multiple emergency vehicles and a team of gloved officers collecting grass samples, presumably to see what nefarious chemical reaction occurred. A White House spokesperson is toeing the line and pretending that this anodyne little protest is literal terrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAnyone who engages in or endorses political violence or assassination culture must be condemned in the harshest terms possible,\u201d they insisted.<\/p>\n The New York Times made sure to do some stenography<\/a> for Trump on this, pretending that the meaning of 86 is debatable: \u201cAn old slang term meaning to dismiss or remove, or to kill or eliminate, in some contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n What contexts, exactly?\u00a0<\/p>\n The Times also tut-tutted about how unfortunate the whole affair is.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSomeone apparently had gone to considerable lengths to discolor the grass days before President Trump is set to host an Ultimate Fighting Championship event nearby at the White House on Sunday, his 80th birthday,\u201d the article said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s extremely unfair to spoil Trump\u2019s big birthday, you guys.\u00a0<\/p>\n Not to be outdone, an Interior Department spokesperson vowed to \u201chold those responsible accountable\u201d and complained of \u201cderanged vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n Related | Trump happy to waste more money on Reflecting Pool paint job<\/a><\/p>\n Actually, we know what deranged vandalism in D.C. looks like, and it isn\u2019t some markings in the grass that can easily be mowed away.<\/p>\n It looks like painting<\/a> the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue so it looks like one of Trump\u2019s little swimming holes at his golf resorts, complete with overpriced \u201crepairs\u201d so shoddy that algae appeared<\/a> literal days after the pool was refilled.<\/p>\n It looks like the repulsive Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon installed<\/a> on the White House grounds, one which Trump now says he just might keep because it\u2019s as cool a landmark as the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n It looks like the bribe palace ballroom, or, more accurately, the pile of rubble<\/a> where the White House\u2019s East Wing used to be.<\/p>\n There\u2019s only one deranged vandal at work here, and he\u2019s stubbornly ensconced in the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n \tWe’ll get straight to the point: The financial hardships that Daily Kos is facing this year are tough.<\/p>\n We continue to be paywall-free. We continue to be supported by our readers, not billionaires or corporations. But we need to bring in more revenue. We are leaning on our community more than ever to help make ends meet.<\/p>\n \t\tPower matters.<\/p>\n